Minneapolis Police Department

The shooting deepened already-fraught divisions between police and residents of north Minneapolis — and beyond — who say Blevins’ death is yet another in a series of senseless killings of black men by white cops.

Not only will Council Member Cam Gordon’s proposal weaken the city’s authority over the MPD, it represents the wrong response to the very real issues affecting police-community relations in Minneapolis.

The timing of an audit looking into body camera usage by the Minneapolis Police Department has led to a skirmish involving the council, the mayor, the police chief — and a lot of election-year politics.